Iraq’s December oil production, including from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, rose 4.7% month on month to 3.857 million b/d, to be above the country’s OPEC+ quota, data from the State Oil Marketing Organization showed Jan. 7. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now OPEC’s second-largest producer had a 3.804 million b/d quota for December under the OPEC+ deal. Production from the federal government rose 4.2% to 3.366 million b/d in December, while output from Kurdistan increased 7.7% to 491,000 b/d, SOMO data showed. Iraq struggled for most of 2020 to comply with its OPEC+ quota amid the low oil price environment, the pandemic and a financial crisis gripping the country. Iraq’s lax […]